What your sixth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education / edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Core knowledge series ; bk. 6.Publication details: New York : Delta, c1993 1995 printingDescription: xx, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0385314671 (pbk.)
  • 9780385314671 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 1576 6th .W43 1993
Contents:
I. Language arts. Stories and speeches ; Poems of inspiration and reflection ; Poems old and new ; Classical myths about love ; Learning about language ; Learning about literature ; Sayings and phrases ; Foreign words and phrases -- II. Geography, world civilization, and American civilization. Geography ; World civilization ; American civilization -- III. Fine arts. Music ; Sharps, flats, and more about harmony ; Visual arts -- IV. Mathematics. Place value, estimation, properties, the symbols ; Expression, exponents, expanded notation, order of perations ; Division ; Fractions ; Fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals ; Measurement ; Proportion, percent ; Geometry ; Area and volume ; Integers ; Working with data : probability, mean, median, range, and mode -- V. Natural sciences. Life sciences : Reproduction, heredity, and genetics ; Human health ; Physical sciences : Understanding light ; Sound ; Chemistry ; Wonders of water ; Stories of scientists.
Summary: Presents the fundamentals in geography, world civilization, fine arts, and other areas needed for a sixth grader to be successful in school.
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Includes index.

I. Language arts. Stories and speeches ; Poems of inspiration and reflection ; Poems old and new ; Classical myths about love ; Learning about language ; Learning about literature ; Sayings and phrases ; Foreign words and phrases -- II. Geography, world civilization, and American civilization. Geography ; World civilization ; American civilization -- III. Fine arts. Music ; Sharps, flats, and more about harmony ; Visual arts -- IV. Mathematics. Place value, estimation, properties, the symbols ; Expression, exponents, expanded notation, order of perations ; Division ; Fractions ; Fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals ; Measurement ; Proportion, percent ; Geometry ; Area and volume ; Integers ; Working with data : probability, mean, median, range, and mode -- V. Natural sciences. Life sciences : Reproduction, heredity, and genetics ; Human health ; Physical sciences : Understanding light ; Sound ; Chemistry ; Wonders of water ; Stories of scientists.

Presents the fundamentals in geography, world civilization, fine arts, and other areas needed for a sixth grader to be successful in school.

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